Serving as the debut title for Square Enix’s new studio, Luminous Productions, Forspoken is an action-RPG with some big names behind it. In attendance at the recent Game Awards, the companies shared both a new trailer for the game and confirmed a 24 May 2022 release on the PlayStation 5 and Windows PC.
The trailer (available above) was introduced by Forspoken star Ella Balinska, who plays protagonist Frey Holland, and actor Pollyanna McIntosh (The Walking Dead series), who has joined the cast as the ruthless Tanta Prav. In the video, gamers are given a closer look at the mysterious land of Athia and meet some of its last remaining citizens. Players also learn about the impending corruption called the “Break”: a devastating miasma that relentlessly corrupts everything it touches. Frey has somehow mysteriously survived this strange phenomenon, offering Athia a beacon of hope.
The aforementioned character, Tanta Prav, is a newly unveiled character who is pitched as being pivotal to the game’s plot. Prav’s voice actor, Pollyanna McIntosh, had this to say about the character:
It’s been wild playing Tanta Prav and I’m excited for players to meet her and experience her as Frey does: a remorseless, unrelenting powerhouse, full of secrets. I think she will prove to be a ruthless adversary for players as they follow Frey on her journey in the land of Athia.
The trailer also showed off new action-oriented gameplay footage, and set out to show to gamers how Frey’s quest in Athia will take her through a variety of diverse environments where she will learn how to use magic parkour to traverse across the unknown land in a fast and fluid manner, as well as her magic abilities to battle Athia’s dangerous beasts that she will encounter on her journey, including the newly revealed Breakzombies and Jabberwock.
